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IRKET ST. SIIBWHY
MEASURE 15 PISSED
Commissioner Taylor Tells Mayor
Why Widening Is Preferable to
Walnut St. Bridge
V.ILL RELIEVE THE TRAFFIC
Engineer Asked For Cost; Utility
Companies to Bear Share
of Expense
Council this afternoon unanimously
.1 :opted Commissioner Taylor's reso
1* tlon requesting the city engineer to
frrnlsh at his earliest convenience
n cessary estimates of the cost of wid
c intf the Market street subway to the
f; 11 width of the street and to inquire
ot the Harrisburg Railways, the Penn
f Ivania and the Philadelphia and
T jading Railroad companies what
they willl share In the proposed im
jv ovement.
The measure of Mr. Taylor explain
er! was intended to provide more traf
f, way in the subway, and that it will
b-> much less costly than a $300,000
1' Idge at Walnut street.
"What is the idea of getting an estl
l ate " Mayor Royal asked.
"Tow obtain a comparativve idea
rf the cost of bettering conditions in
t'ie subway against the proposed
S ;00,000 loan for a bridge at Walnut
street." said Mr. Taylor.
"What are you going to do about
th*> people on the upper part of the
b/ll?" inquired the mayor, referring to
/(he section on '"Royal Terrace,"
v here the proposed new bridge is to
f;i«n the Pennsy tracks.
"In time there will be a subway at
K ate street," said Mr. Taylor, "and
t' e widening of the Market street sub
vay will readily accomodate the ln
c.eased traffic to the hill."
An ordinance was offered by Com
-1 issioner Lynch putting into force on
t'ie approaches to the Market street
f ihway and the Mulberry street via
f''ict practically the same regulations
fiat exist on the city highways. The
i easure Mr. Lynch said will prevent
' -afflc congestion and accidents and
)is the endorsement of the Motor
l lub of Harrisburg.
The bids for printing the city re
ports submitted last week were reject-
< i and Council will likely readvertlse.
' he ordinance authorizing the pay
i lent of $935 to pay for damages in
i 'dent to opening and grading of Mul
-1 erry street from Eighteenth to Nine
teenth streets was passed finally.
Pour Charges Against
Friedman Consolidated
By Associated Press
Williamsport. Pa., June 13.—1n the
United States court to-day on motion
of State Senator Edward E. Beidie
man, counsel for Moses Friedman,
former superintendent of the Carlisle
Indian school, and S. G. Xori. an In
dian, employed at the institution,
Judge Charles R. Witmer consented to
o consolidation of four of the alleged
praft cases against Friedman. He
directed that a conspiracy charge in
volving both Friedman and Xori be
tried separately. Trial of the. case
against Friedman got under headway
this afternoon.
Carson Denies That Big
Steamship Was Armed
London, June 15, 1205 p. m. —"The
Lusitania was not armed and She
never was fitted out as a transport,"
was one of the remarks made by Sir
Edward Carson, attorney general in
the new Cabinet, in addressing the
court this morning at the opening
of the Board of Trade inquiry into
the loss of the Cunard liner.
Baron Mersey is president of the
court of inquiry, Attorney General
Carson represented the Board of
Trade, while the Cunard Company and
passengers of the Lusitania, including
the late Alfred G. Vanderbilt, were
represented by counsel.
Sir Edward aCrson said he was able
to give complete denial to the conten
tion of the German government that
the Lusitania was an armed vessel
carrying guns and serving as an aux
iliary to the naval forces of Great
Britain. In their not eo Germany the
speaker said, "the United States al
ready have officially denied this, and
the evidence I propose to call will
confirm and fully prove the remarks
of the American government that the
Lusitania was not armed and that she
never had been fitted out as a trans
port.
WILSON DEMES REPORT
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C.. June 15.—Reports
that the United States had declined to
become a party to efforts in various
neutral countries to make peare in
Europe were said by President Wilson
to-day to he untrue. He declared the
Washington government had done
everything that could be legitimately
done to encourage any movement that
might lead to peace or an accommoda
tion of interests in Europe.
SOX WHO SHOT PARENTS FOUND
By Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 15. —Max
Karulis, of Wanamie, near here, who
shot his parents at their home last
night and then escaped to the moun
tains, was found alive to-day by a
posse of citizens, but with a bullet
•wound in his neck. He had attempt
ed suicide.
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Ex-President Sees Daughter Graduate From Bryn Mawr
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Thin picture shows Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the former President, as
she appeared at the Commencement Exercises at Bryn Mawr College, when she
graduated.
Insert is of Miss M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr and former
President William H. Taft, in the academic procession at the commencement.
Professor Taft delivered the honor ovation.
54 MARITAL KNOTS
ARE BADLY STRAINED
That Number Scheduled to Be
Untied at the June Term of
Divorce Court
Fifty-four marital knots are due to
be legally untied at the June term of
divorce court which is scheduled for
Monday, June 28. The list follows:
Sophia vs. Horace Alexander;
Heinrich vs. Caterina Graft'enstein;
William T. vs. Bertha Johnson Hog
sett; Mary vs. Earnest C. Barrows;
Mary vs. Jacob O. Haldeman; Cath
erine vs. Benjamin F. Davis; Eliza
beth vs. Bruenton Phillips; Nellie D.
vs. John S. Linaberry; Minnie vs. Jo
seph Perri; Ettie vs. John William Le
roy Daugherty; Rose A. vs. George W.
Kelley; Cora Blanche vs. Clayton Rife;
John vs. Eva Kind; Carrie E. vs.
George W. Bak'jr; Elfreeda H. vs.
Harry W. Johnson; Rachel Minerva
Gross vs. Ralph B. Weber; Merle S. vs.
Mary 1. Bitner; Laura K. vs. Simon J.
Harding; Frank L. vs. Florence May
Benedict; William X. vs. Mary E.
Arnold; Myrol H. vs. Elmer R.
Rhoads; Charles H. vs. Sarah
Looker; Putnam vs. Bertha
Brandt; Mary 15. vs. Robert F. Cheno
weth; Maud B. vs. Joseph C. Winters;
Charles F. vs. Louisa A. Roinberger;
George W. vs. Sula E. Shreffler; Kath
erine L. vs. Elmer E. Fry; Roy W. vs.
Sudie Myers; Barbara E. vs. John
Hartman; Florence D. vs. Joseph C.
Martin; A. Blanche vs. Edgar Lee
Marshall; Edgar C. vs. Elva Houde
shel; Virginia B. vs. Charles R. Hus
son; James A.vs. Mary G.Harris; Char
lotte Brewer vs. S. Prevost Dunbar;
Harry J. vs. Mabel V. Harris; Bessie
vs. Wilson C. Pottelger; Frank W. vs.
Mary S. Miller; Irene A. vs. James B.
Maul; David K. vs. Edna L. Diven;
Yela vs. Jovo Popovich; Kathryn M.
\s. Eugene F. Fitzgerald; Charles W.
vs. Anna C. Burkholder; Jane M. vs.
Guy A. Dull; William A. vs. Alvernia
S. Manning; Mary M. vs. William D.
Christensen; Emma vs. Harry T.
Steiner; Elizabeth vs. Harry X. Xof£-
singer; Frederick C. vs. Annie J.
Pierce; Lewis C. vs. Anna N. Seigler;
Charles M. vs. Irene F. Graeff; Russc-1
H. vs. Mary Baker; Reba vs. William
1 Finney.
Harrisburg Students
Win High Honors at
Princeton University
New York, June 15.—At the one
• hundred and sixty-eighth commence-
I ment of Princeton University to-day
among: three hundrde graduates re-
I ceivlng degrees were the following
from Harrlsburg: Donald Wallace
I Oarruthers. David Fleming, Isaac
Mayer and Frederick Mowbray Velte,
i graduated with the degree of bachelor
:of arts. John Mcllhenny Smith grad
-1 uated In literature with the degree of
i bachelor of literature. John Quincy
i Stt-wart graduated with the degree of
■ bachelor of science. John Mcllhenny
| Smith was the champion honor man of
j his class, taking four prizes, viz, first
I of the Lynde debate prize, first prize
of the Rand oratory prizes in dlspu-
I tation, the class of '76 memorial prize
i for debate and the Spencer Trask de-
I hate prize. Donald Wallace Carruth
! PI'S took the Ralrd prize for excellency
j of delivery In oratory.
| BEGINNERS CLOSE SEASON
| With a social, the beginners' class ot
the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, closed its meetings for the
summer last night. In addition to the
155 members of the class their parents
and the Rov. and Mrs. E. A. P.vles were
present. During the evening, Elizabeth
Pyles, the 2-year-old daughter of the
pastor was nrlven a basket of flowers
Jjby her email classmatM.
FLOATS FOR BOATS
MANNING'S IDEA
Suggests Permanent Winter Stor
age on Island Back of the
Filter Dike
Temporary mooring wharves or
floats along the river front for service
in the summer, with provision for
winter storage in a permanent boat
house to be erected on the lee side
of the filter plant dike on the island,
may be considered by the City Plan
ning Commission as the proper scheme
for providing for the future con
venience of the city's hundreds of
boatmen.
The boathouse scheme, it Is said,
will be taken tip with Park Expert
Warren H. Manning, who began a
three-day visit in this city toJday for
the purpose of collecting data and
making a report to the commission on
the development and permanent im
provement of the river "basin."
The problems that will be discussed
by the commission will include the
permanent and temporary housing of
boats, the restrictions for building
boathouses, the clearing of the river
bed. the planting along the shores
and the blasting of channels through
the Maclay street riffles to join the
boating pools in the vicinity of Inde
pendence Island, the Conodoguinet
creek, with the big stretch of water
formed by the backing up of the river
dam.
Just when these problems can be
solved is a question of future appro
priations by Council, it is said, but it
is quite likely that a comprehensive
report on the development of tht
river basin will be passed upon by the
Planning Commission before the end
of the week. . In this report recom
mendations for the Improvement and
possible requests for incorporation of
a sufficient sum to make the program
possible will he made in the 1916 city
budget.
To-day Mr. Manning put in a busy
time of it looking up data that could
be obtained on the subject from the
State Water Supply Commission, Board
of Public Works and the City Engi
neer's office. This he incorporated
with the card index map of the city
plant and the data that had been col
lected relative to sand bars, pools,
grass patches, islands, ledges, currents,
i etc.. that had been obtained by the
Park Department from some of the
i city's notable rivermen.
The question of sufficient highways
as outlets from the city to the west I
and south will also be considered.
Health Officer Urges
Repasteurization of Milk
After an investigation this morning,
Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health officer,
announced that the present outbreak
of typhoid fever was undoubtedly due
to Infected water, obtained outside the
city or to faulty Ice cream and milk.
Several of the sixteen cases have been
traced to out-of-town water.
In a second warning, Dr. Raunlcti
urees the exclusive use of pasteurized
milk which he further advises should
be repasteurlzed before using.
ELEVATOR MAX KILLED
Special to The Telegraph
Lancaster, June 15.—Jesse Miller, a
well-known resident of Columbia, em
ployed on the elevator at the Wool
worth Rullding, here, fell down the
elevator shaft last evening and was
killed. Miller was found in the base
ment with his head crushed and both
legs broken. Death must have been
Instantaneous. He fell five stories.
Levi Stoner was five weeks ago In
jured on this same elevator, and in the
same manner and Is still at the hospl-
Lt&l in Lancaster,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
FOUR GO UP LADDER
IN PENNSY SERVICE
Railroad Promotes Men on Phila
delphia Division and Cumber
land Valley
Four men, old in the service of the
Pennsylvania railroad have been pro
moted with substantial Increases in
pay.
L. R. Fleming, assistant supervisor
on the Pennsylvania division, has been
promoted with offlcaa at Middletown.
He entered the service In 1900 in the
Bellwood Machine shops. Later he
was appointed a clerk, then to rod
man and Anally to transltman at
Philadelphia. In 1911, Mr. Fleming
was advanced to assistant supervisor
at BlairsviUe and later went to Wood
bury, N. J. He came from there to
1 Middletown.
Charles A. Pfalsgraff, who has been
appointed a supervisor on the Cum
berland Valley railroad, entered the
service in 1900 at Williamsport. From
1907 to May 1 he was employed in
New York State. W. R. Trowbridge
recently appointed pilot engineer
started for the Pennsy as a carpenter
in 1904. His promotion was rapid.
Edward W. McGary started in as a
ohainman In 1910. He has been made
assistant supervisor on the Philadel
phia division.
Pennsy Is on Trial
For Giving Rebates
Trial on two indictments found by
the Federal Grand Jury last March,
charging the Pennsylvania Railroad
with illegal rebating on bituminous
coal shipments in favor of the Glen
White Coal and Coke company, and
with wilfully failing to strictly observe
the tariff laws was begun yesterdav
before Judge Dickinson in the United
States District Court in Philadelphia.
STEEL CAR CO. TO ENLARGE
PLANT TO HANDLE ORDERS
Special to The Telegraph
Pittsburgh. June 15.—An influx of
orders for steel car equipment has re
sulted in the Standard Steel Car Com
pany announcing extensive improve
ments to its big plant at New Castl-e.
Several hundred thousand dollars will
be spent and 1000 more men em
ployed.
Due to an order for 34.850 tons of
steel rails, received from the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, and several other
large steel contracts, the Cambria
Steel Company, at Johnstown, has in
creased its working force to 90 per
cent, of normal.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia Division— The 110 crew
first to ko after 3.40 p. m.: 120, 101, 107,
126, 127, 119, 132.
Engineer for 101.
Firemen for 120, 101, 127.
Conductors for 127, 119, 132.
Flagman for 119.
Brakemen for 110, 119, 132.
Extra engineers: Long, Gallagher,
Buck. Albright, Supplee. Shaub. Manley,
Statler, McCauley, Herst, Bisslnger, Hu
rler, Relsman, Madenford, Downes,
Streeper, McGuire.
Extra Firemen: Wagner, Balsbaugh,
Gelberg, Whichello, Dunlevy, Copeland,
PennelT. Kverhart, Shive, Huston, Hor
stick, Gelsinger, Rrenner, Arnsberger,
Rhoads, Robinson, Shaffer. Miller. Beh
man. Weaver, Madenford, Kreider,
Bushey, Wagner.
Extra conductors: Ropp, Mehaftie.
Extra Flagmen: Clark, Banks, Dona
hoe.
Extra brakemen: Rogner, Wiland,
Baltozer, Allen, Bryson, Ferguson,
Kochenour, Wolfe, Dengler, Stehman,
Brown, Knupp, Kowe, McGinnis, Mal
seed, Boyd.
Middle Division. —The 16 crew first to
go after 12.10 p. m.: 26, 17, 21, 15, 20.
Firemen for 16. 26.
Brakemen for 21.
Extra engineer: Moore.
Extra firemen: Zelders, Pottlger. Lie
bau. Arnold, Thomas.
Extra conductors: Paul, Huber.
Extra brakemen: Roller, Frank. Mc-
Henr.v, Winter. Reese. Bak
er, Derrick, Clouser, Bolan. Spahr.
Yard Crew« —Engineer for 32.
Firemen for 18, 20.
Engineers up: Crist, Harvey, Salts-
Landis. Hoyler, Beck, Harter, Biever,
Blosser, Houser, Meals, Stahl. Swab.
Firemen up: Sholter, Snell, Rartolet,
Getty, Barkey. Sheets, Bair. Eyde, l*lsh,
Bostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch, Lackey,
Maeyer.
ENOI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division —The 222 crew
first to go after 3.45 p. m.: 227, 216, 233,
235. 211. 229. 242. 223. •
Engineers for 322, 211.
Fireman for 242.
Conductors 30. 3(>.
Flagmen for 22, 33.
Brakemen for 27. 30, 33.
Extra conductor: Shirk.
Extra flagmen: Shundle. Reltzel, Geh
rett.
Extra brakemen: Long. Taylor,
Twigg. Vandling. Baker, Shuler, Jacobs,
Stimellng. Goudv.
Middle Division— The first crew to go
after 2 p. m.: 116, 110, 105, 111, 101,
107. 118.
Fireman for 116.
Conductors for 119, 101, 107.
Rrakeman for 110.
Ynrd Bulletin. —The following is the
standing of the yard crew after 4 p. m.:
Engineer for 2nd 108.
Fireman for Ist 106.
THE READING
Hnrrl»hnrn Division —The 20 crew
first to go after 12.15 p. m.: 20, 8, 1, 3, 5.
7, 4. 10. 17, 11. 23
The 102 crew first to go after 9.15
a. m.: 103.
The 59 crew first to go after 12.15
p. m.: 61. 53. 54.
Engineer for 61.
Conductor for 61.
Engineers up: Wyre, Crawford. Fet
row. Woland, Tyson. Lape, Morne.
Fireman up: Bingaman.
Conductors up: Sepes. Fleagle, Ger
man. '
Flhgmen up: Duncan. Hoover. Crea
ger, Painter. Paxton, Machmer, Steph
ens. Ensminger, Cly.
Brakemen up: Duncan, Hoover,
Creager, Painter. Paxton, Maohmer,
Stephens, Ensminger, Strain, Kapp, Cly.
Arthur D. Bacon Made
July 5 Chief Marshal
Arthur D. Bacon was elected last
night as chief marshal of the parade
of the school children who will view the
Liberty Bell on the evening of July 5.
at Pecond and Vine streets. Colonel
Joseph B. Hutchison will have charge
of the militia and the children so that
the line can pass quickly. The com
mittee of arrangements at a meeting
last night selected the Pennsylvania
railroad siding at Second and Vine
streets as the stopping place for the
bell.
MTISS GERTRUDE ECKELS DIES
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 15.—Miss
Gertrude Eckels died this morning at
her home In West Main street, after
ten days illness of acute indigestion.
She was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Nathaniel Eckels, and a na
tive of Silver Spring township, resid
ing here about twenty years. Miss
Eckels was a member of Trinity Luth
eran church, and well known
throughout the community. She is
survived by four sisters, the Misses
Elizabeth, Barah and Alice, all of Me
chanlesburc. and Mrs. Bell Hall, of
Mt. Holly Springs. No funeral ar
rangement is made at this time.
Husband Jailer, Fearing the Law, Releases Wife and Child
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The picture shows Mrs. Morris R. Volck and her 2-year-old daughter,
who were imprisoned in their own home for several days by Morris Volck,
husband and father, because of a family quarrel.
New York. June 14. —Fearing the results of the issuance of the habeas
corpus writ procured by the friends of Mrs. Volck, to bring about her re
lease from her home where she was in prison by her husband, Morris
Volck, shortly before the arrival of the officers of the law, left the home
and permitted his wife and child to leave.
The imprisonment of Mrs. Volck came as a result of a family quar
rel during which Mrs. Volck declared her Intention of returning to the
home of her father. Volck forthwith, locked all the doors and windows
and remaining on guard himself refused to permit his wife to leave the
home or to communicate with any of her friends or relatives outside.
Fearing bodily harm for Mrs. Volck and her child Mrs. Volck's
father, Jabaish Holmes, a prominent and wealthy lawyer, procured a writ
of habeas corpus and was about to forcibly take possession of Mrs. Volck
and her child when Volck gave up the keys to his home and left.
The Volcks are socially prominent and New York's 400 is astir over the
Incident.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
FOR CITY CONSIDERED
Chicago Landscape Architect Will
Present Plans to Municipal
League
Market Square as a logical termi
nus for the city's trolley traffic, its
possibilities for a public comfort sta
tion and isle of safety, the various
traffic highways and centers and the
general plan of the city were consid
ered to-day by J. R. Bibbin, of Chi
cago, a well-known landscape archi
tect, to embody with other data for
presentation to the Municipal league.
Mr. Bibbin spent to-day with J.
Horace McFarland looking over the
city and this afternoon conferred with
City Solicitor D. S. Seitz, City Engi
neer M. B. Cowden and Commissioner
W. H. Lynch, superintendent of
streets and public improvements.
Aside from speaking highly of the
splendid view that he had obtained of
Harrisburg from Reservoir park and
of the beauty of the city's improved
water front, Mr. Bibbin said he could
not talk a great deal for publication.
During the day he conferred with Val
ley Traction and Harrisburg Railways'
Company officials.
"As to the possible location of the
isle of safety in Market Square I
really can't talk Just now because I'm
still looking over the situation and
getting what data on the subject is
obtainable.''
RIOTS IN TRIESTE, GREAT AUSTRIAN SEAPORT, AS ITALIANS APPROACH
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While Italian troops marched on Trieste, the great Adriatic seaport of Auatrio, and were within a short distance
at the city, Italian residents became the victims of riots. There were report* that the civilian officers had fled befor#
the advance of the Italian army, leaving the city without proper police.
JUNE 15, 1915.
PUBLIC SERVICE TO
HEAR TELEPHONES
Long Deferred Case Will Be
Brought to Final Argument in
Latter Part of July
The Public Service Commission de
cided to-day that on July 27 a hearing
will be held for a general argument
on the telephone situation In this
State. This decision was arrived at
after a conference with R. B. Marye,
general counsel of the Bell; Charles
K. Jlobinson, assistant city solicitor
of Pittsburgh, and H. Findley French,
representing the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce.
Solicitor Robinson was inclined to
the idea that it has not been the prac
tice to fix telephone rates on a State
wide basis and he thought that the
interests of the Pittsburgh District
could be hest subserved by localizing
the question and thereby determine
just what would he reasonable rates
for the Pittsburgh zones.
The new members of the commis
sion will, in the meantime, familiarize
themselves with the case, there being
a large mass of testimony and exhibits
to consider.
COPS TO WEAR BI.OUSES
AND WHITE BOW TIES
City patrolmen and traffic officers will
wear their blue blouses and white bow
neckties for the first time to-morrow.
GOVERNOR'S POWER
DEFINED BY OROWN
Attorney General Holds That He
Need Not Sign the Wilson
Inquiry Resolution
GIVES EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW
Resolutions For Future Legislative
Use Not Required to Be Ap
proved by Executive
Attorney General Brown has given
an opinion to Governor Brumbaugh
to the effect that he is not required to
act on the Wilson resolution providing
for appointment of a joint committee
of the Senate and House for the pur
pose of considering municipal legis
lation and reporting to the next ses*
sion defects now existing. "The pur
pose of this resolution." says the Attor
ney General, "Is to obtain information
on legislative matters for future con
slderation. It is not properly legis
lation and should not be presented to
the Governor or be approved or dis
approved by him."
The opinion reviews the consti
tutional provision and the decisions of
this and other States and concludes:
"I am therefore of the opinion that
not all joint or concurrent resolutions
passed by the Legislature must be sub
mitted to the Governor for his ap
proval, but only such as make legis
lation or having the effect of legis
lating, i. e., enacting, repealing or
amending laws or statutes, or which
have the effect of committing the state
to a certain action, or which provide
for the expenditure of public money.
Resolutions which are passed for any
other purpose, such as the appoint
ment of a committee by the Legis
lature to obtain information on legis
lative matters for its future use or to
investigate conditions in order to assist
in future legislation are not required to
be presented to the Governor for ac
tion thereupon."
The Attorney General then enu
merates a list of resolutions. The
resolution for a branch Capitol com
mission, he holds, does not have to be
presented to the Governor, but that to
investigate the price of anthracite coal
must be acted upon because it carries
an appropriation. The resolution for
an inquiry into methods whereby the
State can support and care for ail de
pendent insane is another which need
not be signed. Others are cited.
The effect of the decision is that the
resolution for the investigation com
mittee is a law and the presiding
officers can appoint the members, who
can carry out its purposes.
Representative Beales'
Son Visits President
By Associated Press
Washington, June 15.—President
Wilson shook hands to-day with sev
eral hundred hoys and girls from dif
ferent parts of the country.
The call of six of the children was
the result ol correspondence between
the President and Charles Beales, the
small son of Representative-elect C.
W. Beales, of Gettysburg, Pa. Un
known to his parents the boy wrote
the President several days ago saying
he would like to see him. The Presi
dent made an appointment for t»4
/lay. Then the boy told his father and
was taken to the White House with
Ave brothers and sisters.
RAINS DURING WEEK WILL
BRING LITTLE RELIEF
By Associated Press
Washington, June 15.—The hot
wave prevailing over the eastern part
of the country will continue through
the week, according to government
forecasters. The weekly forecast is
sued to-day, predicts temperature
above the seasonal average in almost
all parts of the country; with scat
tered showers that are not expected to
bring much relief from the heat.
Weather prediction for the week be
ginning to-morrow is as follows:
iliddle Atlantic States: showers
Wednesday and again beginning Sun
day and continuing intermittently
throughout week. Temperatures
above seasonable averages.
GERHARD AT CHRISTIANS AND
By Associated Press
Christiansand, Norway, June 15. via
London.—The Scandinavian-American
Line steamer United States arrived
here yesterday from New York.
Among her passengers is Meyer Ger
hard, the attache of the German Co
lonial Office, who ts on his way to
Berlin at the instance of Count Von
Bernstorff, German ambassador at
Washington to present the American
polttical situation to the German au
thorities.
PROMINENT MEN HONORED
By Associated Press
Princeton. N. J., June 15. —Colonel
George W. Goethals, Thomas A. Edi
son and Myron T. Herrlck, former
ambassador to France, were among
the distinguished men on whom hon
orary degrees were conferred at the
168 th commencement of Princeton
University to-day. Diplomas were
presented to 275 members of the sen
ior class, one of the largest ever grad
uated from Princeton.